Vets, l-r, Scott Hopper, Scott Morrison (podiatry) and Larry Bramlage
The inaugural Rood & Riddle Comeback Award was presented to two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan during Hats Off Day at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.

Anne M. Eberhardt

The inaugural Rood & Riddle Comeback Award was presented to two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan during Hats Off Day at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.

The inaugural Rood & Riddle Comeback Award was presented to two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan during Hats Off Day at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. The award honors an equine athlete who overcame a major health issue and returned to elite competition.

Wise Dan ridden by jockey John Velazquez, left out duels Seek Again with Joel Rosario to the wire in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Saturday afternoon May 3, 2014 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Wise Dan ridden by jockey John Velazquez, left out duels Seek Again with Joel Rosario to the wire in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Saturday afternoon May 3, 2014 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Lisa Danielle, dam of 2012 Horse of the Year Wise Dan, was named Broodmare of the Year by the KTA (Kentucky Thoroughbred Association) and lives on Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rosenthal's Patchen Wilkes Farm in Lexington, Ky. Lisa Danielle is in foal to More Than Ready.
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Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt

In five grade I races and a pair of grade II events, the only male in North America to take home four grade I victories, Wise Dan galloped his way through the most consistent season delivered by a racehorse in 2013—year-end honors firmly in his sights.

Ron the Greek runs up to defeat favorite Wise Dan by a head in the 2012 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I).

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Wise Dan winning the 2012 Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. IT).

Anne M. Eberhardt

In five grade I races and a pair of grade II events, the only male in North America to take home four grade I victories, Wise Dan galloped his way through the most consistent season delivered by a racehorse in 2013—year-end honors firmly in his sights.

Connections and fans celebrate as Wise Dan crosses the finish line a length ahead of his rivals in the Shadwell Turf Mile. No matter what obstacles are thrown at him this season, two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan refuses to lose.

Ever-popular The Pizza Man, winner of last year's Arlington Million (gr. IT), returns to Churchill Downs for the June 18 Wise Dan Stakes (gr. IIT). The race goes under the lights with an approximate post of 9:05 p.m.

The 8-year-old Wiseman's Ferry gelding went five furlongs in 1:00 flat Sept. 1 on trainer Charlie LoPresti's watch, and galloped out six furlongs in 1:12 in final serious move for the Sept. 13 Ricoh Woodbine Mile (Can-IT).

Charlie LoPresti liked what he saw in a five-furlong workout by Wise Dan Aug. 2 on the Keeneland main track, and the Kentucky-based trainer is pointing the two-time Horse of the Year toward an early September return.

Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan wasted no time getting back to business after being cleared to resume full training June 30, as trainer Charlie LoPresti sent him out to his first breeze in more than eight months July 17.

Class handicappers won't find much of a toehold going into this year's Maker's 46 Mile Stakes (gr. IT) on Friday, April 10 at Keeneland, as all seven starters are looking for their initial victory at the top level.

Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan is progressing well since he returned to tack-walking, but the chestnut gelding will require 30 more days in his recovery from a non-displaced fracture before he can go to the track.

Defending winner and two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan and 2014 champion turf male Main Sequence are among 74 horses on the list of early nominees to the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (gr. IT) at Churchill Downs.

Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan will begin tack-walking and is expected to undergo further evaluation in two to three weeks as to whether he will return to the races in 2015, trainer Charlie LoPresti said March 2.

Anne Eberhardt Keogh, visuals director and chief photographer for The Blood-Horse, received a second-place award at the Kentucky News Photographers Association 2014 Picture of the Year competition.
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Wise Dan has developed a non-displaced fracture at the bottom of his right front cannon bone that will put him on the sidelines for at least 30 days, ending his hopes for a third consecutive Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) win.

Trainer Charlie LoPresti said he has yet to exactly pinpoint a date for the final pre-race breeze of two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan leading up to the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT), but the gelding is training lights out.